Garnett Wins Utah Championship; Canada’s Ben Silverman Finishes T5
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- Published: 2017-07-19
Missouri Native Brice Garnett Shot A Final-Round 65 At Oakridge CC To Secure A One-Shot Win At 21 Under. (PGA TOUR/Nick Parker)
FARMINGTON, Utah — Brice Garnett earned his first career Web.com Tour victory and a return to the PGA TOUR with birdies on two of his last four holes at the Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank. Garnett’s final-round, 6-under 65 at Oakridge Country Club helped him come from three shots back entering the day to post a 21-under 263 total, edging out Abraham Ancer (63), Austin Cook (65) and Rob Oppenheim (69) by one shot.
Canada’s Ben Silverman carded a 4-under-par 67 to finish T5 at the Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank at Oakridge Country Club in Farmington, Utah.
The 29-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., recorded six birdies and two bogeys to sit at 19-under par two shots back of winner Brice Garnett (Gallatin, Mo.).
Coming into this weeek Silverman’s top three finishes on the Web.com Tour this season are: T8 at the Rust-Oleum Championship, T17 at the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation and a T19 at the El Bosque Mexico Championship by Innova.
He moved up from 73rd to 50th on the Web.com Tour Order of Merit with his best result of the season.
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